--- Carolyn quickly proved herself to her new boss, and went on to take charge of the Trump National Golf Clubs in New York and New Jersey. She eventually became not only general manager and chief operating officer of the golf clubs, but also executive vice president of the Trump Organization.
Trump's esteem for Carolyn made her a natural choice when he had to assemble a panel for his new reality TV show, The Apprentice, in 2004. Carolyn's role on the show was to help Trump decide which candidate would be "fired" from the show, and, in doing so, she lived up to her tough reputation. Her newfound fame, moreover, allowed her to co-write a book later that same year, entitled Carolyn 101: Business Lessons from the Apprentice's Straight Shooter.
Since the debut of The Apprentice, Carolyn has been in demand as a speaker, relating her experiences as a self-made female executive to corporate audiences. She was a keynote speaker at the New Jersey Governor's Conference for Women in October of 2004, and has spoken on Business Week's Living Leadership panel, alongside her own boss, "the Donald" and former Soviet premier Mikhail Gorbachev.